Identity, Gender, and Poverty: New Perspectives on Caste

by Maya Unnithan-Kumar

Most studies of the so-called tribal communities in India stress their social, economic, and political differences from communities that are organized on the basis of caste. It was this apparent contrast between tribal and caste lifestyle and, moreover, the paucity of material on tribal groups, that motivated the author to undertake this study of a poor "tribal" community, the Girasia, in northwestern India.

While carrying out her fieldwork,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571819185
• ISBN13: 9781571819185
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"